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Toro Y Moi, “New Beat (Star Slinger Dancehall Mix)” MP3

To only say Star Slinger threw a fat cornucopia of sounds into his proverbial MPC-powered blender, that his "dancehall" (not dancehall, unfortunately) take of Tory Y Moi's "New Beat" is frenetic and drum sample-crazy, would do a disservice to his curatorial prowess. Half the fun is the sample-craziness. Star Slinger's like a farmer, patient with preparation, laying out his sound library in neat rows, toiling the sample fields and plucking the baby Roland hits at the moments most ripe.